Covers 10 indicators and predictors of welfare dependence. Reveals that more than half (56%) of TANF and SNAP recipients are in the labor force and that the share of the population receiving more than half of their income from welfare benefits (4.9% or 15.5 million persons) has declined from recent peaks in 2010. Also covers poverty rate, food insecurity, and births to unmarried women. From the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the Department of Health and Human Services.

At the end of 2015 an estimated 17, 150 prisoners under state and federal custody had HIV. Shows trends on this topic including AIDs related deaths since data were first collected in 1991 and data at the state level. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics

In 2014 the overall U.S. expectation for life span at birth was 78.9 years, a slight increase from 2013. Also shows life expectancy rates by sex and race/Hispanic origin. From the National Center for Health Statistics

Shows rates and trends for both males and females for the period. Opioids accounted for the highest number of drug overdose deaths in the 15-19 age group. From the National Center for Health Statistics

Homicide is one of the leading causes of death for females 44 and younger. Rates of homicide vary by race/ethnicity and nearly half of victims are killed by a current or former male intimate partner. From the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention